How tiny house design moved on in 2017

A nice short piece on Green Matters about the various advances in tiny house technology over the last 12 months including prefab design (see the M.A. DI design above), green walls, building to the site, use of urban space, solar power, new materials, accounting for climate change, and planning for the future. Here's a snippet.

The pressure for tiny houses isn't just coming from the internet's sense of whimsy. Overcrowding in urban areas and housing shortages are a serious problem. This prefab [video below] comments on how cars are taking up space that could be used for human habitation, and also suggests and innovative use for parking lots. Make them into villages.

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One of the attractions of living in a tiny house is the lack of massive mortgage payments. This is just as well since the high street banks are hardly lining up to provide tailor-made products for tiny homes. Here, for example, is what Nationwide say about the issue:
You can't currently get a mortgage for a tiny
home, although as they rise in popularity, this may well change.
Depending on your financial situation and credit rating, you could get a personal loan to buy your property. The personal loan cannot be used to purchase land
- it can only be used to purchase the tiny home itself. Talk to a
financial advisor to find the best option for you.
At the end of 2017, Which? asked six major providers how they felt about lending for smaller homes. HSBC didn’t reply, and Lloyds Bank, Barclays and Santander said they didn’t have an official size limit, simplty going on the basis of a professional valuation. Nationwide and RBS said they would not lend on properties which had floor …